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STOPS: Stopping Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) and Operationalizing Prevention Strategies grant opened on Feb. 3.
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Assistant Secretary Medina’s Participation in Summit of the Americas Technical Group on Our Sustainable Green Future – Commitments to Strengthen Protection of Environmental Defenders

Release: (As prepared). Thank you, National Summit Coordinator Kevin O’Reilly, for the warm welcome. Thank you to the Secretariat, the delegations, the Joint Summit Working Group organizations, and civil society representatives for supporting and participating in the first meeting of this ad hoc technical group.
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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Annual Global Human Rights Defender Award Recipients Announced

News Release: Today, the Department of State announced the winners of the annual Global Human Rights Defender Awards. Protecting and supporting human rights defenders remains a key U.S. foreign policy priority as they are integral to democracy, access to justice, a vibrant civil society, economic prosperity, and environmental sustainability.
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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Algerian Foreign Minister Lamamra

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in South Sudan

Release: Basic Information. Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0009369. Assistance Listings (CFDA) number: 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa. Announcement issuance date: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Announcement type: Cooperative Agreement. Proposal application submission deadline: Friday, March...
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Release of Convicted Murderer of U.S. Embassy Personnel

Release: The United States expresses our deep concern over the January 30 release of Abdel-Ra’uf Abuzaid, one of the individuals convicted of the 2008 murders of our colleagues John Granville and Abdel Rahman Abbas. Abdel-Ra’uf Abuzaid remains a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Chief of Staff for Navalny, Leonid Volkov

Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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DRL Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Advancing Environmental Journalism in the Southeast Asia Region

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region. This is the announcement of funding opportunity...
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Sanctioning Evasion Network Supporting Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex

Release: The United States, in coordination with our allies and partners, will continue to fully enforce our sanctions against Russia’s war machine and those that support its efforts. These actions will decrease Russia’s ability to wage war and weaken its military-industrial complex.
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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Algerian Foreign Minister Lamamra

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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Risch, Menendez, Cardin, Young Statement on Second Anniversary of Coup in Burma

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) today released the below statement on the second anniversary of the coup in Burma:
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Blinken: Meeting with young Egyptians 'makes me optimistic about our future'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited American University in Cairo on Jan. 29, at the start of a three-day trip to the Middle East.
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The Mosque Bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan

Release: The United States strongly condemns the January 30 bombing at a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines district. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the many who lost their lives as a result of this senseless act of terrorism. It only compounds the tragedy that so many of the victims were security personnel who had dedicated their careers to protecting and serving their fellow citizens.
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DOS-GEO grant application closes on April 25

Alumni Grants Program grant opened on Feb. 2.
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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Chief of Staff for Navalny, Leonid Volkov

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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DRL Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Advancing Environmental Journalism in the Southeast Asia Region

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Region. This is the announcement of funding opportunity...
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Serbian President Vucic

News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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Sanctioning Evasion Network Supporting Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex

News Release: The United States, in coordination with our allies and partners, will continue to fully enforce our sanctions against Russia’s war machine and those that support its efforts. These actions will decrease Russia’s ability to wage war and weaken its military-industrial complex.
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